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I'm available every day at any hour to be quite honest.
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There’s just too many people that already scheduled it. If theirs who spoke up early on in the process want to change on their preferences, we might can move it then. But according to my data from you guys, it won’t work to move it.
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There were several that said they would be out of pocket this Thursday-Monday, so I don’t think that will be a viable solution. When everyone sent me dates & times, the only available days where everyone could be here was the 10th, 12th, & 13th. With the days/times posted for quite awhile, and nobody messaging me with a conflict- and knowing some can’t move to tonight or Wednesday night, I’m gonna have to leave it like it is, unless those with voiced conflicts for this week
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I can do Friday night. Tuesday would only take 2 hours.
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I would be willing to move it.
Hawk Tuah on
March 11, 2019 10:59 AM
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I can't make Tuesday's draft, weekdays are no good for me except for maybe Monday's and Friday's. What should I do?
BaseVOLS on
March 11, 2019 10:37 AM
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Draft is starting get in there!
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 5:02 PM
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It is expected that you have a good connection and have a processor capable of running the auction room + whatever else you have going on. However, should you run into issues, message me on slack (direct message) or via Ottoneu (private message) and I'll try to work with you the first time it happens.
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A little rundown of tonight... Beginning at 5pm EST. Going until around 11-1130pm EST. Will have a few breaks, mostly shorter in nature 5-10 minutes but will have a longer break somewhere in the middle (20-30 minutes). I will be somewhat lenient on missed nominations early on, but if it is a continued thing, I will address it because it adds significant time to the end of the draft.
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Everyone should be able to access the auction room (again). Glad we could get the league situated quickly. Thanks to Eric for being quick to reply.
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Welcome to the league, Eric
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You are the man!
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 2:34 PM
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We have a replacement
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I cannot draft Tuesday before our scheduled time I have a work obligation. Just letting everyone know in case we have to change things.
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 2:20 PM
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He paid for the team but since the auction hadn’t started, he could get a full refund on fees. But the deposit refund ended at 11:59 last night so he couldn’t get that back
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I'm just confused why Zephyrs would have paid the deposit but not the Ottoneu fees? Hopefully we can find a way to scramble for a replacement.
Luck Dragons on
March 10, 2019 2:14 PM
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I may have someone - stay tuned
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That really sucks! Obviously.
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 2:10 PM
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In the event that I can’t find a replacement owner, I don’t think I can add a proxy drafter to the team without it being paid for. I’ve got feelers out on the community forum, slack, and twitter. Zephyrs kind of left us in a bad situation, but that’s how it goes sometimes. We may have to postpone the draft, but availability becomes a big problem for a lot of you guys after Wednesday evening.
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Everyone, just a heads up... had one of the owners drop out of the league this morning after emailing me that he can’t make the draft. I’ll keep you posted about the draft. I’m going to try and find a replacement, but if I can’t, I’ll try to find a proxy to cover us tonight. Obviously, prefer a replacement. New owner doesn’t need to make a deposit since I have the deposit from the owner who dropped, but will need to pay the $75 League fee to get the team.
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https://battle108.wixsite.com/the108
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What's the site address? I couldn't find a link.
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 11:23 AM
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It’s basically that. I created the site to house the league charter, but chose a domain that I could build off of should I want to add to the league features. There’s a community forum, blog feature, chat feature, etc. The chat feature wasn’t very user friendly, however, so I decided to utilize slack instead.
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Yes
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 11:17 AM
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Yes
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 11:17 AM
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I’m assuming you are referring to the league charter host?
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What is the site you created for this league?
Hawk Tuah on
March 10, 2019 9:27 AM
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Prospect Draft Order has been published. To view the draft order, go to the Prospect Draft channel in our league Slack workspace.
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If anyone wants to take a peek at a First Year Ottoneu Auction in real time (from last year, a points league was live-streamed on YouTube), to see kind of how the auction goes and how quickly it goes, I have a link for you. The auction has changed a tad (read about the changes on the community forums), but it’s pretty similar. The auction begins at the 14:45 mark of the video: https://youtu.be/U8-_3uOgmMY
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I was going to say, I’m not sure what exactly you were asking about ha
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Nevermind.
Hawk Tuah on
March 9, 2019 11:21 PM
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Where can I see the position requirements?
Hawk Tuah on
March 9, 2019 11:09 PM
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I’ve had a few ask so I’ll post it here: On the Slack Workspace, there are several “channels” available for different topics of conversation. Just click the plus sign to the right of the channel indicator, and you can view/join each channel from there. I will be posting the randomized draft order in the Prospect-Auction channel, so be sure and join that one at least.
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Yeah definitely. I meant having watchlist + a spreadsheet just in case.
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The Auction Server is brand new, per Niv, and has been working much better. I haven’t had an issue so far in my drafts this year. Spreadsheets are definitely recommended, but pulling up players is difficult mid-auction when your checking spreadsheets and trying to follow along. I have found that the watchlist is much easier to nominate out of.
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I'd recommend a spreadsheet.
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Worth mentioning the ON draft tool has a checkered history of reliability. So, even if you do load your queue like Commish suggests have a back up in case the site wipes it clean mid draft. As it did for me last year.
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I highly recommend checking out the articles I posted on the message board previously to those with questions about Ottoneu strategy ideas and what to expect in the auction. The auction moves very quickly. I also recommend loading up your watchlist before the draft starts because missed nominations add unnecessary minutes to the auction, and if it happens continually (more than 3 times), I’ll more than likely let the system lock the abuser out of the draft room.
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Yes, you can have as few players as you want. You must have $1 of free cap for every open roster spot (so, if you have 38 players, to be legal, you must not be over $398 cap to reserve $1 for each of the open roster spots. The only thing to remember is that MiLB$0 roster spots are “earned” by AB & IP thresholds, so you probably want enough depth to maintain those spots, and only MLB stats count. You also must be legal per Ottoneu Rule 1a.
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Can you be under the max number of players at any point?
Hawk Tuah on
March 9, 2019 4:00 PM
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Just remember, your roster must be legal to trade, so if you call up a MiLB$0 player and he either causes you to be over on roster spots or cap, you must cut down to get legal BEFORE trading. You cannot trade to GET legal.
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Thanks! I guess this could have waited since the MLB$0 roster is not tomorrow.
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If you call up a MiLB$0 player to your 40-man roster, he is not considered part of your MiLB$0 roster from that point forward, so yes, he would be eligible for trading if he was part of your 40-man roster.
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Just a quick clarification before tomorrow's draft. The charter explains that MiLB$0 players can only be involved in traded during the offseason but also states that any MiLB$0 player can be "called up" to the 40 man roster and then considered rostered. Now can I "call up" one of my prospects and include him in a trade for another MLB player?
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Still waiting on two more deposits to be made before tomorrow’s deadline... I will post the randomized order for the prospect draft in the slack prospect auction channel after the two deposits are made.
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Waves have paid the deposit...
Austin Waves on
March 8, 2019 8:16 PM
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You see Wu Tang is playing with Public enemy and De La Soul in Europe
Hawk Tuah on
March 7, 2019 6:39 PM
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Speak for yourself Seneca. I'm still living the glory days. When is a Tribe Called Quests next album coming out?
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Because it's not 1996.
Hawk Tuah on
March 7, 2019 5:15 PM
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WTF?!! Why didn't we go with AOL IM?
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